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Globophobia 

Jane has a fear of balloons, called Globophobia
Globophobia by Mimi BB August 29, 2011

Globophobia 

An intense fear of balloons. Usually Latex balloons but can be metallic.
Clown: Hi little one do you want a balloon?
The clown shows a balloon and the kid runs away.

Man: I hate balloons. I run away screaming everytime I see one.

person: Why?

Man: Oh I have Globophobia.

Goraphobia 

A person that is scared of white people.
See also "Gora"
Person 1: "Let's go to the bar to watch the game"
Person 2: "Nah there's too many goras (white people) and I have goraphobia"
Goraphobia by £ze July 17, 2021

Gibbaphobia 

The fear of having Gibby from Icarly fall from your roof while yelling "GIBBY" killing you instantly.
Man watch out Gibby could kill you and your child,he has done it before he will do it again.

I am afraid of Gibby
I think James has Gibbaphobia
Gibbaphobia by finatiabeanaitia October 1, 2020

gnomaphobia 

the fear of lawn/garden gnomes. commonly mis-spelled as gnomophobia.
person one: did you hear that the girl down the street has gnomaphobia?

person two: yeah, isnt that the fear of gnomes?

Person one: yes it is.
gnomaphobia by gnomaphobia September 25, 2011

gnomaphobia 

The fear and/or hatred of lawn and garden gnomes.

Closely related to pediophobia (a fear of dolls.)

The psychological theory:

The psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud claimed that children fantasize about dolls coming to life. Psychologist Ernst Jentsch theorized that uncomfortable or uncanny feelings arise when there is an intellectual uncertainty about whether an object is alive or not, and also when an object that one knows to be inanimate resembles a living being enough to generate confusion about its nature. Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori expanded on Freud and Jentsch's theories to develop the "uncanny valley" hypothesis, which predicts that as a robot's appearance becomes increasingly human-like, a human will have an increasingly positive response to that robot, until a point is reached where the response changes quickly to one of repulsion. If an object is obviously enough non-human, its human characteristics will stand out, and be endearing. However, if that object reaches a certain threshold of human-like appearance, its non-human characteristics will stand out, and be disturbing. Although Mori was concerned particularly with robots, his theory has been seen as applicable to all inanimate objects that sufficiently seem as though they might be animate.
person1- I hate lawn gnomes, they creep me out

person2- Sounds like you have gnomaphobia
gnomaphobia by evilgnome November 16, 2011